Furled Yarn Kebari's

[William Anderson]

Yes, I sat down to before dinner to put together a couple Western emerger patterns and twisted a section of yarn tightly until it furled...not intentionally. It occured to me that I hadn't seen a furled sakasa kebari and it would probably be a productive fly. I can imagine the subtle movement and full translucency of the body along with the pulsing action of the hackle. My tenkara box is filling but there are lots of slots to fill. Sorry if some of you are getting tired of the tenkara parade, but these are addictive and I'm probably not quite satisfied yet. Honestly, I think I've learned a bit in tying these which will probably effect the rest of my tying. That's always a plus.

Furled NZ Wool Yarn and Dun 1510 - Another from Jeff's cache of merino wool yarns. See Below. Thanks Jeff.


Furled Ray's Chadwick sub 1 and Dun 1510 - See below. Thanks Ray.


Furled Nymph Yarn and Starling 1510 - Tenkara Bum (Chris Stewart's offering). Thanks Chris.


Furled Lion 403 and Dun Brahma 1510 - The same yarn found at Jo Ann's Fabric - Thanks Jo Ann.


This is a merino wool loomed locally near Jeff in NZ. I could spend years putting together patterns from that assortment of wools. This one is a nice twist when vitality and essence is being imitated over species. These are fairly similar to the yarns offered by Chris at Tenkarabum. Just really buggy.


Ray seems to enjoy the yarns as much as I do and passed on a sampling of this and another softer yarn that has some really nice tan, yellow and red tones. I know he's chopped this up for an excellent Tups blend.


This is Chris Stewart's Nymph Yarn from Tenkarabum. Great stuff.


This is the Lion 403 I showed with the Killer Kebari set. It's a cool material to fool around with, as are the others. If anyone would like some of this, send me a note, I have plenty.


w

[Mataura mayfly]

Time for you to take a rest..... your putting the rest of us to shame!!

Mate, they are fantastic looking flies. Furling the yarn and off the shank bodies, your thinking outside the square with great results.

Fantastic!!

By the way, most that yarn will be a blend of Merino (very fine micron wool) and plucked possum fur. Thats where it will get the buggy feature from.
However there were no lables on any of that stuff as it came out of a bargain bin in the mill store, so I'm kinda guessing... but they do a lot of merino possum blend for the fashion industry.

[Smuggler]

Wow W, you're really cranking these out! They look fantastic and I bet the fish the same.

[letumgo]

BRAVO!

You, sir, are one helluva tyer and constant source of inspiration.

[gingerdun]

Yikes! Wow!

[tie2fish]

Amazing work! These just scream "dragonfly" to me for some reason. Expanding the box yet again, w.

[lykos33]

BRAVO!

You, sir, are one helluva tyer and constant source of inspiration.

Agrees Totally with^^^^^
Murray

[William Anderson]

Thanks for the indulgence, everyone. I think these would be fun to fish with a fly rod, as would all the others. It would only be fair to borrow such a successful style for a fly rod if the tenkara gang can induce so many takes with softhackles.

There is just a lot to be said about the yarns to make such a quick simple pattern with so much mobility. I now have quite a few caddis larva, pupa and killer bug flies made with the yarns. And now a number of sakasa kebari's to play with.

Anyway, I appreciate all the encouragement to explore these. It's been nice as I have a tying station set up at the homework table so the kids are ramping up for school to start and I get a few minutes at the vise everyday.

Bill, I know the pattern style you're thinking of. It's definitely one of the best uses for an extended furled body technique. These are actually smaller than the other flies I've posted, and I've tried to put together the kebari flies in terms of mobility, shade and contrast rather than any particular insect. it will no doubt be a vein I pursue-hatch matching kebari. I just need to get out of here and spend some time on the water. Really bad.

[letumgo]

Will - What hackle did you use with the Nymph Yarn version? It looks like jackdaw, but I want to be sure.

[William Anderson]

Ray, it's one of the few starling wing feathers that is not lance shaped, more rinsed with thicker barbs. Even on these #14 1510's I wanted one with some reach to it. And it had the bulk to balance the coarser yarn. One thing about these sakasa flies is you get to use a lot of hackles that would have only been appropriate on a #12 or #10 hook.

The feather does have barbs that taper very little from the stem to the tips of the barb...much like a jackdaw or coot. I somehow failed to crop or resize the images before uploading them. Partly scatterbrained and too many irons in the fire. Maybe a closer crop will help.